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Dubai, 13 April 2011: 200 runners ascended 52 floors of the Office Tower at Jumeirah Emirates Towers this morning in the 10th annual Vertical Marathon event. Participants and supporters of the event raised a total of AED 170,000 for Médecins Sans Frontières, bringing the total amount raised for MSF in the past 10 years to over AED one million.

The quickest participant, Norbert Lechner from Austria, reached the top of the 350 metre Office Tower in 8.47 minutes. The winning female, Martha Rise from Norway, reached the top in just 10.24 minutes and the leading team, DAA (Dubai American Academy), made it in 10.50 minutes (average).

Prizes included hotel stays at Jumeirah Emirates Towers, meals in some of its 5 star restaurants, Talise Spatreatments as well as day passes to Wild Wadi Waterpark.

The popular charity event was organised by Jumeirah Emirates Towers with the support of the Red Crescent Society and MSF.

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Notes to Editors

About MSF:

MSF is an international independent humanitarian medical organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from health care, without discrimination, in more than 60 countries.